Brittney Griner might find it cramped swimming in Waco. If the 6-8 center is considered a big fish in a small pond, then trying to backstroke at Baylor might be more difficult for the junior than locating someone in her generation who can do the backstroke.

Starkville, Mississippi isn’t a place you’d go without reason, but because of Mississippi State basketball players Arnett Moultrie, Renardo Sidney and Dee Bost, plenty of NBA scouts are getting to know the town of 24,000 quite well. The trio lead the way for an MSU team that’s spent much of the Southeastern Conference season ranked in the Top 25, and should be a shoo-in for the NCAA Tournament.

Fab Melo (pictured dunking) continues to be one of the many standouts on perhaps the deepest team in the entire country. Here are some of the images from their 79-66 victory over the Villanova Wildcats this past Wednesday night.

Kentucky head coach John Calipari, pictured middle, is looking for defensive consistency (the unit is one of the nation's best) and found it on Saturday from his top-ranked Wildcats when they needed it most. After a high-scoring first 30 minutes of action, the highly anticipated jump-off between two of the nation's Top Five teams turned defensive in the game's final minute.

In a rare early season matchup between Top 10 teams, the third-ranked Orangemen squared off against that other orange team, the ninth-ranked Florida Gators, in an ACC/Big East battle. The most interesting backdrop involved Gators’ coach Billy Donovan, who once faced off against the Orangemen in the 1987 NCAA Final Four as Providence’s lead point guard.

His commitment to losing weight has resulted in legitimate looks from NBA scouts. If he can continue his meteoric rise in 2011-12, O’Quinn could be poised for several postseason honors. He was recently named the MEAC’s 2011-12 preseason Player of the Year.

The former UCLA transfer has begun to endear himself to the Runnin' Rebel faithful due to his high-flying antics. Along the way, he's established himself as one of the Mountain West Conference's best small forwards.

The nation's best rebounder may reside in Minnesota. Senior forward Trevor Mbakwe could become one of the unsung heroes in the Big Ten this season after becoming the first Golden Gopher to average a double-double since former star Kris Humphries.

Young rates as one of the Summit League’s most exciting players. Don’t be surprised if he contends for all-conference honors once again this season.

He's smooth, ultra-quick and competitive. Dee Bost's vast experience should bode well for a team destined for the postseason. Like many of his teammates, Bost seems to have traveled the long road to even get to his senior year. His on-court ability as the team’s lead guard will be a key to their attempts to take over the SEC West.